Combined flagstaff and flag storage compartment



Aug. 17, 1943. K. H. NELSON COMBINED FLAGSTAFF AND FLAG STORAGE COMPART MENT Filed July 24, 194? Patented Aug. 17, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 1,3210%, 21 I b COiifBiNEDFIZAGSTAFF AnnFLA'G'sronAGE GOMTARTMENT mama Nelson, Dcs'Mnincs;-.Iowa ir uiit fion1J ur za, locales-mine. 452x41: '7 mam. (came-1 13i I It lathe presentprantioetmprovide aflhg-staif .withra. pulley. atfiteltnp. and an endless. rope passedioiver fliepulleyiand supported adjacenfl to one-side-ofi the fiagestafil to a point conveniently accessible to anoperator, and when the flag is to be lowered, the operator pulls the rope and lowers the flag and removes it from the rope and carries it to a convenient storage receptacle, and when it is desired to unfurl the flag it is removed from storage, attached to the rope and raised.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined flag-staff and flag storage compartment by the use of which it is unnecessary for an operator to take the time and work necessary in removing and replacing the flag upon the rope, and further to provide in the flag-staff a flag storage compartment into which a flag may be readily and easily furled and placed by an operator of and. "towardi the. lower; end of the. flag, storage compartmentas showrii'n Fig. 21

, iAnen'dls'srope. lFi'sipassed'through said'guide flange. [4, through the flagstorage compartment, over the pulley H, but through the opening [2, then down on the outside of the flag-staff and up to the guide flange. A flag i6 is attached to the rope in the usual manner.

' For limiting the upward movement of the fiag after it has reached its fully unfurled position I provide a stop If! fixed to the rope to engage the guide ring 13. This may be a knot in the rope.

The modified form of my invention, shown in Figs. 3 and 5, is especially adapted for attachment to the side of a building instead of being inserted in the ground. With this form of the invention a flag guide flange I8 is mounted at the lower end of the flag storage compartment and bined flag-staff and flag storage compartment with the flag in position for entering the flag storage compartment.

Figure 2 shows an enlarged detail vertical sectional view of a part of the combined flag-staff and flag storage compartment and the flag guiding flange open at the side of the flag-staff, and

showing the flag rope extended through theguide flange into the flag storage compartment.

Figure 3 shows a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of a modified form of my invention and showing a flag within the flag storage compartment;

Figure 4 shows a sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 3; and V Figure 5 shows an elevation of a building having my combined flag-staff and flag storage compartment applied thereto, with the flag unfurled.

The flag-staff is formed of a metal tube l0 is concentrically arranged relative to the flagstaif. A supporting bracket I9 is fixed to the flag-staff by the bolts 20 and nuts 2|, and the base of the bracket is secured to the building by the bolts 22.

At the lower end of the fiag-staif, or at some conveniently accessible point on the building, I provide a rope attaching bracket 23.

In practice, and assuming that the flag is in its unfurled position, as shown in Fig. 5, and that it is desired to lower it, the operator unties the rope from the bracket 23 and pulls down on that length of the rope at the left in Fig. 5. This movement is continued until the flag has been engaged by the flag guiding flange l8, and thereby directed into the flag storage compartment H), to the position shown in Fig. 3, then the rope is tied to the bracket 23 and the flag is securely stored in a weatherproof compartment. For unfurling'the flag the operator pulls downwardly on that length of the rope at the left in Fig. 1

r and continues this movement until the flag has moved to the bottom of the plane of the rope travel, and then up to the top of the flag-staff, and then when the rope is tied to the bracket 23 the flag is securely held in position. The rope guide ring l3 below the pulley H is advantageous because when the flag is unfurled, the wind blows the flag about and moves that portion of the rope adjacent the pulley rapidly and in different directions, the ring prevents such rope movement from being transmitted to the pulley and saves wear on the pulley and on the rope.

I claim as my invention:

l. A combined flag staff and storage compartment, comprising a tubular flag staff having an internal diameter'sufiiciently large'to receive a furled flag, a short tubular guiding flange intercepting one side of said staff at an upwardly and inwardly inclined angle and at a point above its lower end, said flange and the compartment thereabove forming a continuous passage and storage compartment having its lower end terminating outsidev of said staff, a pulley supported in the upper end of said staff, an endless rope passed over said pulley having a portion passed downwardly through the storage compartment to a point below said flange and outside of said staff, thence upwardly to said pulley, and a flag attached to said rope.

2. A combined flag staff and storage compartment, comprising a tubular flag staff having an internal diameter sufficiently large to receive a furled flag, a short tubular guiding flange intercepting one side of said staff at an upwardly and inwardly inclined angle and at a point above its lower end, said flange and the compartment thereabove forming a continuous passage and storage compartment having its lower end terminating outside of said staff, a pulley supported in the upper end of said staff, an'endless rope passed over said pulley having a portion passed downwardly through the storage compartment to a point below said flange and outside of said staff, thence upwardly to said pulley, a flag attached to said rope, a rope guide ring attached to the staff below the pulley through which the rope is extended, and a stop device flxed to the rope adjacent to the top of the flag to engage said ring and limit the upward movement of the flag.

3. A combined fiagstaif and storage compartment, comprising a tubular flag staff to form a. storage compartment for receiving a furled flag, the lower end of said compartment terminating in a downwardly and outwardly inclined portion, a pulley supported in the upper end of said staff, an endless rope passed over said pulley having a portion passed downwardly through the storage compartment and through said downwardly and outwardly inclined portion to a point outside of and beyond said staff, thence upwardly to said pulley, and a flag attached to said rope.

KENNETH H. NELSON. 

